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epistol

(n.)
Grammar
epistol, e; f.

A letter ĕpistŏla

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A letter; ĕpistŏla Eall heora gewinn awacnedon ǽrest fram Alexandres epistole all their wars arose first from a letter of Alexander, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 72, 20

Linked entry: pistol

from-cyme

(n.)
Grammar
from-cyme, es; m.

A coming froma raceprogenyprōgĕnies

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A coming from, a race, progeny; prōgĕnies Fromcyme folde weorþeþ ðíne gefylled the earth shall be filled with thy race, Cd. 84; Th. 106, 2; Gen. 1765

gearo-brygd

(n.)
Grammar
gearo-brygd, e; f. [bregdan to vibrate]

A prompt vibrationprompta pulsātio

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A prompt vibration; prompta pulsātio Áh he gleóbeámes gearobrygda list he has skill in prompt vibrations of the harp, Exon. 79 a; Th. 296, 13; Crä. 50

Linked entry: brygd

hróf-sele

(n.)
Grammar
hróf-sele, es; m.
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A hall having a roof Nǽnig wæter him for hrófsele hrínan ne mihte no water could touch him for the roofed hall, Beo. Th. 3034; B. 1515

hwistlere

(n.)
Grammar
hwistlere, es; m.

A piper

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A piper, player on a flute Pípere oððe hwistlere tibicen, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 9, 25. Ðá hé geseah hwistleras cum vidisset tibicines, Mt. Kmbl. 9, 23

in-swógenness

(n.)
Grammar
in-swógenness, e; f.

violent entrance

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A rushing in with a loud sound, violent entrance Hé mid ðæs unclǽnan gástes inswógennisse þrycced wæs spiritus inmundi invasione premebatur, Bd. 2, 5 ; S.507, 4

mearc-þreát

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-þreát, es; m.

A band of men occupying the frontier of a country

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A band of men occupying the frontier of a country Manna þengel mearcþreáte rád (cf. Th. 187, 33: 188, 14), Cd. 151; Th. 188, 25; Exod. 173

port-geriht

(n.)
Grammar
port-geriht, es; n.
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A town-due, due paid by a town Ðæs túnes cýping and seó innung ðara portgerihta uillae mercimonium censusque omnis civilis, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 138, 10

gewit-loca

(n.)
Grammar
gewit-loca, an; m.

A container of intelligencethe mindintelligentiæ clausuraanimusmenspectus

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A container of intelligence, the mind; intelligentiæ clausura, animus, mens, pectus, Bt. Met. Fox 12, 52; Met. 12, 26: Exon. 123 a; Th. 473 13; Bo. 14

gierian

(v.)
Grammar
gierian, p. ede; pp. ed

To clothedeckadorninduĕrevestīreornāre

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To clothe, deck, adorn; induĕre, vestīre, ornāre Hæleþ gierede mec mid golde a man adorned me with gold, Exon. 107 a; Th. 408, 16; Rä. 27, 13

græf

(n.)
Grammar
græf, es; n.
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A graving instrument, a style Græf graffium, Ælfc. Gl. 8; Wrt. Voc. 75, 17: graphium vel scriptorium, Ælfc. Gl. 80; Som. 72, 114; Wrt. Voc. 46, 71

BICCE

(n.)
Grammar
BICCE, bice, bicge, an; f.

A BITCHcanicula

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A BITCH, a female of the canine kind; canicula Biccean [biccan MS. B.] meolc bitch's milk, Med. ex Quadr. 9, 8, 9; Lchdm. i. 362, 15, 18

Linked entries: biccen bicge

bíding

(n.)
Grammar
bíding, e; f.

A BIDING, abodemansio, statio

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A BIDING, abode; mansio, statio Ðǽr hý bídinge móstun tídum brúcan where they might at times enjoy a biding, Exon. 35 b; Th. 114, 30; Gú. 180

blód-gíta

(n.)
Grammar
blód-gíta, an; m.

A shedder of bloodsanguinis effusor

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A shedder of blood; sanguinis effusor Ðæne wer, ðe is blódgíta, gehiscþ Drihten the Lord hates the man who is a blood-shedder, Ps. Lamb. 5, 8

bord-haga

(n.)
Grammar
bord-haga, an; m.

The cover of shieldsclypeorum sepimentum

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[bord II. a shield, haga a hedge] The cover of shields; clypeorum sepimentum Gefeallen under bordhagan fallen under the cover of shields, Elen. Kmbl. 1300; El. 652

ge-dyrstig

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-dyrstig, adj.

Boldaudaxprotervus

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Bold; audax, protervus, Exon. 72 a; Th. 268, 12; Jul. 431 : Past. 32, 1; Swt. 209, 15; Hat. MS. 40 a, 8 : Guthl. 20; Gdwn. 84, 20

selde

(n.)
Grammar
selde, an ; f.
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A porch Selde proaula (porticus a porche, proaula idem est, 204, col. 2), i. domus coram aula, Wrt. Voc. i. 57, 46. v. sumor-, winter-selde ; seld

Linked entry: winter-selde

stód-mere

(n.)
Grammar
stód-mere, an ; f.
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A brood-mare, mare with a foal Gif mon cú oþþe stódmyran forstele, and folan oþþe cealf of ádrífe, L. Alf. pol. 16 ; Th. i. 70, 24

wyn-land

(n.)
Grammar
wyn-land, es; n.

A land of delighta happy, pleasant land

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A land of delight, a happy, pleasant land Se hálga stenc wunaþ geond wynlond, Exon. Th. 203, 10; Ph. 82. Wuldres wynlond (heaven), 317, 13; Mód. 65

blát

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Þá cwom wópes hring blát út faran, weóll waðuman streám a flood of tears poured forth pale, a surging stream welled, An. 1281. Substitute for first passage